Kazakhstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	116 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Yerdos Akhmadiyev
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 9 Silver 11 Bronze 12 Total 32
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Kazakhstan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. ^{[1] [2]} Kazakhstan competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines). ^[3] The team consists of 116 athletes and was announced on January 17. ^{[4] [5]}

Also on January 17 in conjunction with the team announcement, cross-country skier Yerdos Akhmadiyev was announced as the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Akhmadiyev also served as the country's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. ^[6]

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Biathlon	6	4	2	12
Cross-country skiing	1	4	2	7
Freestyle skiing	1	1	2	4
Ice hockey	1	0	1	2
Ski jumping	0	1	2	3
Speed skating	0	1	1	2
Figure skating	0	0	1	1
Short track speed skating	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)	9	11	12	32

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rinat Mukhin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle	21 February
Gold	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	23 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint	23 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 10 km pursuit	24 February
Gold	Yuliya Galysheva	Freestyle skiing	Women's dual moguls	24 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya Darya Ussanova Maxim Braun Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Mixed relay	25 February
Gold	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 15 km mass start	26 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 12.5 km mass start	26 February
Gold	Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	26 February
Silver	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	20 February
Silver	Denis Kuzin	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	21 February
Silver	Vassiliy Podkorytov	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	23 February
Silver	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	23 February
Silver	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km pursuit	24 February
Silver	Sergey Cherepanov Yerdos Akhmadiyev Nikolay Chebotko Rinat Mukhin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay	24 February
Silver	Alina Raikova Anna Kistanova Vassiliy Podkorytov Anton Pantov	Biathlon	Mixed relay	25 February
Silver	Sabirzhan Muminov Konstantin Sokolenko Marat Zhaparov Sergey Tkachenko	Ski jumping	Men's large hill team	25 February
Silver	Alina Raikova	Biathlon	Women's 12.5 km mass start	26 February
Silver	Yuliya Galysheva	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestyle mass start	26 February
Silver	Sergey Cherepanov	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	26 February
Bronze	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle	21 February
Bronze	Sergey Tkachenko	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill	21 February
Bronze	Iong A Kim Anastassiya Krestova Madina Zhanbussinova Anita Nagay	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay	22 February
Bronze	Dmitry Babenko Denis Kuzin Fyodor Mezentsev	Speed skating	Men's Team pursuit	22 February
Bronze	Alina Raikova	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint	23 February
Bronze	Darya Ussanova	Biathlon	Women's 10 km pursuit	24 February
Bronze	Dmitriy Reikherd	Freestyle skiing	Men's dual moguls	24 February
Bronze	Marat Zhaparov	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	24 February
Bronze	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Figure skating	Ladies singles	25 February
Bronze	Kazakhstan women's national ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	25 February
Bronze	Nikolay Chebotko	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestyle mass start	26 February
Bronze	Dmitriy Reikherd	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	26 February

Competitors

The following table lists the Kazakh delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	6	6	12
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	23	21	44
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Ski jumping	4	—	4
Snowboarding	2	2	4
Speed skating	6	4	10
Total	63	53	116

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's alpine skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women). ^[4]

Men

• Igor Zakurdayev
• Martin Khuber

Women

• Yekaterina Karpova
• Mariya Grigorova

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's biathlon team consists of ten athletes (five men and five women). ^[4]

Men

• Maxim Braun
• Anton Pantov
• Vassiliy Podkorytov
• Yan Savitskiy
• Vladislav Vitenko

Women

• Anna Kistanova
• Olga Poltoranina
• Darya Usanova
• Galina Vishnevskaya
• Alina Raikova

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's cross-country skiing team consists of twelve athletes (six men and six women). ^[4]

Men

• Yerdos Akhmadiyev
• Nikolay Chebotko
• Alexandr Malyshev
• Sergey Malyshev
• Rinat Mukhin
• Sergey Cherepanov

Women

• Tamara Ebel
• Yelena Kolomina
• Marina Matrossova
• Darya Ryazhko
• Angelina Shuryga
• Anzhelika Tarassova

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan has entered both a men's and women's teams, each consists of five athletes, for a total of ten. ^{[7] [8]}

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

• Viktor Kim – skip
• Abylaikhan Zhuzbay – third
• Dimitriy Garagul – second
• Muzdybay Kudaibergenov – lead
• Abilay Nurumbetov – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
China	Liu Rui	5	0
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	4	1
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	3	2
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	2	3
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	4
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	0	5

Round-robin

Kazakhstan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Rui) 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 X 12   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 Draw 2 Saturday, February 18, 18:00 Sheet A v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 X X 12   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 13:30 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 1 12

Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 9:00 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X X 4   Japan (Morozumi) 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 X X 13 Draw 6 Tuesday, February 21, 18:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2   Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 2 X 13

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

The women's team consists of five athletes. ^[4]

• Ramina Yunicheva – skip
• Anastassiya Surgay – third
• Kamila Bakanova – second
• Diana Torkina – lead
• Sitora Alliyarova – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	4	0
China	Wang Bingyu	3	1
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	2	2
Kazakhstan	Ramina Yunicheva	1	3
Qatar	Maryam Binali	0	4

Round-robin

Kazakhstan has a bye in draw 4

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2   China (Wang) 6 1 0 7 1 5 0 X X X 20 Draw 2 Saturday, February 19, 9:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3   Japan (Fujisawa) 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 5 X 17

Draw 3 Sunday, February 20, 9:00 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Qatar (Binali) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2   Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 2 0 1 0 4 2 2 3 X X 14 Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 13:30 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   South Korea (Eun-jung) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's figure skating team consists of four athletes (two men and two women). ^[4]

Singles

Athlete(s)	Event	SP		FP		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abzal Rakimgaliev	Men's
Denis Ten
Aiza Mambekova	Women's
Elizabet Tursynbayeva

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's freestyle skiing team consists of four athletes (three men and one woman). ^[4]

Men

• Dmitriy Barmashov
• Dmitry Reiherd
• Oleg Tsinn

Woman

• Ayaulum Amrenova

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division. ^{[9] [10]}

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Kazakhstan was represented by the following 23 athletes: ^[4]

• Sergei Kudryavtsev (G)
• Pavel Poluektov (G)
• Valeri Sevidov (G)
• Vladislav Grebenshchikov (D)
• Madiyar Ibraibekov (D)
• Viktor Ivashin (D)
• Aleksandr Nurek (D)
• Alexander Pisarev (D)
• Ivan Stepanenko (D)
• Stanislav Zinchenko (D)
• Nursultan Belgibayev (F)
• Artem Burdelev (F)
• Dmitri Grents (F)
• Artyom Likhotnikov (F)
• Nikita Mikhailis (F)
• Vladislav Nikulin (F)
• Anton Petrov (F)
• Mikhail Rakhmanov (F)
• Konstantin Savenkov (F)
• Anton Sagadiev (F)
• Kirill Savitsky (F)
• Arkadi Shestakov (F)
• Yaroslav Yevdokimov (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	0	19	0	+19	9
	South Korea	3	2	0	0	1	14	6	+8	6
	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	15	11	+4	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	0	32	–32	0

22 February 2017 15:30 v

South Korea

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 513

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	27

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24 February 2017 15:30 v

Kazakhstan

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 483

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	24 min
	76	Shots	19

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26 February 2017 12:30 v

Kazakhstan

7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 1,631

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	12

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

Kazakhstan was represented by the following 21 athletes: ^[11]

• Darya Dmitriyeva (G)
• Aizhan Raushanova (G)
• Arina Schekolova (G)
• Alexandra Feklistova (D)
• Azhar Khamimuldinova (D)
• Olga Konysheva (D)
• Viktoriya Sazonova (D)
• Galiya Nurgaliyeva (D)
• Malika Aldabergenova (F)
• Pernesh Ashimova (F)
• Karina Felzink (F)
• Alena Fux (F)
• Bulbul Kartanbayeva (F)
• Tatyana Koroleva (F)
• Tatyana Likhaus (F)
• Aida Olzhabayeva (F)
• Anastasia Orlova (F)
• Meruyert Ryspek (F)
• Arai Shegebayeva (F)
• Zarina Tukhtieva (F)
• Madina Tursynova (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	98	1	+97	15
	China	5	3	0	1	1	46	12	+34	10
	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	31	14	+17	9
4	South Korea	5	2	1	0	2	37	6	+31	8
5	Thailand	5	1	0	0	4	5	84	–79	3
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	0	5	4	104	–100	0

18 February 2017 12:00 v

Kazakhstan

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
				Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Lee Tae-ri
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	3	Shots	58

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20 February 2017 15:30 v

China

8–3 (2–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 323

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	21

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21 February 2017 15:30 v

Kazakhstan

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 292

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	30

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23 February 2017 15:30 v

Hong Kong

0–19 (0–7, 0–5, 0–7)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 182

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	2	Shots	72

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25 February 2017 12:00 v

Kazakhstan

8–0 (5–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Thailand

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 337

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	75	Shots	0

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's short track speed skating team consists of ten athletes (five men and five women). ^[4]

Men

• Aidar Bekzhanov
• Adil Galiakhmetov
• Nurtilek Kazhgali
• Yerkebulan Shamukhanov
• Mersaid Zhaksybaev

Women

• Iong A Kim
• Anastassiya Krestova
• Anita Nagay
• Olga Tikhonova
• Madina Zhanbussinova

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's ski jumping team consists of four male athletes. ^[4]

Men

• Marat Zhaparov
• Sabirzhan Muminov
• Sergey Tkachenko
• Konstantin Sokolenko

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's snowboarding skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women). All four will compete in the alpine events. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rollan Sadykov	Men's giant slalom	56.77	15	47.91	15	1:44.68	14
	Men's slalom	49.12	18	41.58	14	1:30.70	14
Vladislav Zuyev	Men's giant slalom	59.95	18	49.37	16	1:49.32	16
	Men's slalom	49.12	18	41.58	14	1:30.70	14
Dariya Slobodkina	Women's giant slalom	1:05.86	9	57.66	10	2:03.52	10
	Women's slalom	48.93	17	40.32	13	1:29.25	12
Xeniya Tupik	Women's giant slalom	1:07.06	11	55.56	9	2:02.62	9
	Women's slalom	52.71	11	47.06	11	1:39.77	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan's speed skating team consists of ten athletes (six men and four women). ^[4]

Men

• Dmitry Babenko
• Artem Krikunov
• Roman Krech
• Denis Kuzin
• Fyodor Mezentsev
• Stanislav Palkin

Women

• Yekaterina Aydova
• Nadezhda Sidelnik
• Mariya Sizova
• Elena Urvanceva

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